Ram Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Ram Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ruined-wall-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ram Cottage, Commercial End, Swaffham Bulbeck
- OS grid reference
- TL 556 631
- Coordinates
- 52.24474, 0.27905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ram Cottage is a timber-framed cottage dating from around 1630. It is largely rendered, but retains clunch (a local ragstone) in much of the front and rear walls. The roof is thatched with reed, and features an original ridge stack with diagonally set shafts. The cottage is of a three-bay, lobby-entry plan, with a single storey and attic. Two later gabled dormers have been added. The front door is positioned opposite the stack, and is flanked by later window openings. Remnants of arches for 18th-century window openings are visible in the front wall. Inside, pegs for studs are visible in the front and rear walls. The chimney bay is timber-framed and contains an original brick and clunch stack. One ceiling has substantial scantling joists laid flat, while another has joists laid on edge, a style more typical of the 17th century. The cottage features abutting inglenook hearths.
Local climate
Ram Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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